Psalms 94
1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
[How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.
